Elder Yan paused at this point, seemingly gathering his words. Only after two or three breaths did he continue:
"This war has lasted twenty or thirty years, with countless dead and wounded."
"Many of our fellow cultivators, disciples, and loved ones have fallen because of it, and Qing Province has suffered bitterly under the ravages of war."
"More than fifteen thousand Qi Refining Period cultivators in the allied army have fallen, along with nearly a hundred and fifty Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. Those losses can only be called grievous."
"But though we have suffered terrible losses, have the other sects' camps fared any better? The Hehuan Sect of Mirror Province has only suffered more!"
At this point, Elder Yan looked toward the Hehuan Sect's territory in Mirror Province, a cold glint flashing through his eyes.
"Damn the Hehuan Sect!"
"If any of those Hehuan Sect scoundrels fall into my hands, I'll cut them into a thousand pieces, then extract their souls and refine their spirits. They'll be unable to live and unable to die!"
Some cultivators in the hall had lost successors, disciples, or close relatives to the Hehuan Sect, and hatred surged sky-high in their hearts. Hearing these words, they could no longer restrain their emotions. Their eyes reddened and their teeth clenched as they swore to avenge them!
The Primordial Yang Sect's main opponent was the Hehuan Sect. But after more than twenty years of war, it was not only the Primordial Yang Sect that had lost people. Many subordinate forces had also lost clansmen and disciples to the Hehuan Sect, forging deep hatred between them.
For a time, the hall gradually grew noisy. Many cultivators united in hatred of their common enemy, and some even declared on the spot that they would take revenge on the Hehuan